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Trivia: Musical Terms
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1. The element of music pertaining to time - played as a grouping of notes into accented and unaccented beats.
Rhythm
Leitmotif
Hymn
Virtuoso
2. A symbol in sheet music that returns a note to its original pitch after it has been augmented or diminished.
Sonatina
Sonatina
Natural
Pastoral
3. A sequence of songs - perhaps on a single theme - or with texts by one poet - or having continuos narrative.
Song cycle
Romantic
Cadence
Rococo
4. A quick 20th century dance written in double time.
Temperament
Relative major and minor
Rigaudon
Song cycle
5. The voice between soprano and alto. Also - in sheet music - a direction for the tempo to be played at medium speed.
Notation
Deceptive cadence
Mezzo
Grave
6. A repeated phrase.
Libretto
Leading note
Natural
Ostinato
7. A contrapuntal song written for at least three voices - usually without accompaniment.
Tutti
Septet
Contralto
Madrigal
8. A whole note is equal to 2 half notes - 4 quarter notes - 8 eighth notes - etc.
Whole note
Parody
Classicism
Homophony
9. A musical form where the principal theme is repeated several times. The rondo was often used for the final movements of classical sonata form works.
Rondo
Measure
Relative pitch
Chant
10. A piece of music written in triple time. Also an old French dance.
Septet
Courante
Clavier
Tune
11. Time in music history ranging from the middle of the 16th to the middle of the 17th centuries. Characterized by emotional - flowery music; written in strict form.
Natural
Tessitura
Baroque
Orchestration
12. The range of an instrumental or a vocal part.
Tessitura
Progression
Tonality
Key signature
13. The flats and sharps at the beginning of each staff line indicating the key of music the piece is to be played.
Monotone
Key signature
A cappella
Ligature
14. Two notes that differ in name only. The notes occupy the same position.For example: C sharp and D flat.
Form
Coda
Harmony
EnharmonicInterval
15. Two or more voices or instruments playing the same note simultaneously.
Madrigal
Key
Unison
Triplet
16. A line in a contrapuntal work performed by an individual voice or instrument.
Grazioso
Gregorian Chant
Grandioso
Part
17. The expression the performer brings when playing his instrument.
Beat
Waltz
Interpretation
Concert master
18. Pertains to tone or tones.
Tonal
Polytonality
Tonic
Legato
19. Harsh - discordant - and lack of harmony. Also a chord that sounds incomplete until it resolves itself on a harmonious chord.
Dissonance
Triad
Piano
Exposition
20. A composition written for a solo instrument. The soloist plays the melody while the orchestra plays the accompaniment.
Key signature
Phrase
Obbligato
Concerto
21. Lowest female singing voice.
Contralto
Whole-tone scale
Sextet
Chord
22. Music that is written and performed without regard to any specific key.
Atonal
Form
Relative major and minor
Espressivo
23. A reprise.
Recapitulation
Chamber music
Leitmotif
Whole-tone scale
24. The period of music history which dates from the mid 1700's to mid 1800's. The music was spare and emotionally reserved - especially when compared to Romantic and Boroque music.
Classical
Chromatic scale
Quadrille
Octet
25. Pertaining to the loudness or softness of a musical composition. Also the symbols in sheet music indicating volume.
Expressionism
Harmony
Dynamics
Vivace
26. A complex piece of music. Usually the first movement of the piece serving as the exposition - a development - or recapitulation.
String Quartet
Tremolo
Sonata form
Staff
27. An important characteristic of the Romantic period. It is a style where the strict tempo is temporarily abandoned for a more emotional tone.
Falsetto
Musette
Quintet
Rubato
28. An extended solo - often accompanying the vocal part of an aria.
Progression
Grandioso
Neoclassical
Obbligato
29. A repeating phrase that is played at the end of each verse in the song.
Opus
Refrain
Tempo
Fifth
30. A musical theme given to a particular idea or main character of an opera.
Exposition
Scordatura
Leitmotif
Sextet
31. To shift to another key.
Medley
Glissando
Flat
Modulation
32. A scale consisting of only whole-tone notes. Such a scale consists of only 6 notes.
Overture
Whole-tone scale
Rubato
Expressionism
33. A composition based on previous work. A common technique used in Medieval and Renaissance music.
Parody
Impromptu
Gregorian Chant
Intonation
34. The playing or singing the upper half of the vocal range. Also the highest voice in choral singing.
Counterpoint
Time Signature
Sonata
Treble
35. A loose collection of instrumental compositions.
Medley
Suite
Scordatura
Tutti
36. Arrangement of music for a combined number of instruments.
Cantata
Modes
Ostinato
Instrumentation
37. A repeated phrase.
Ostinato
Da Capo
Theme
Relative pitch
38. The study of forms - history - science - and methods of music.
Musicology
Cadence
Madrigal
Clavier
39. One who directs a group of performers. The conductor indicates the tempo - phrasing - dynamics - and style by gestures and facial expressions.
Chorus
Quartet
Clavier
Conductor
40. A short and simple melody performed by a soloist that is part of a larger piece.
Septet
Cavatina
Orchestration
Sextet
41. A composition written for three voices and instruments performed by three people
Instrumentation
Trio
Fifth
Fourth
42. Movement in music where the characteristics are crisp and direct.
Neoclassical
Polytonality
Musette
Grandioso
43. Includes all twelve notes of an octave.
Espressivo
Encore
Nocturne
Chromatic scale
44. A harmonic given off by a note when it is played.
Root
Partial
Sharp
Rhythm
45. Often used in overtures - a composition that uses passages from other movements of the composition in its entirety.
Tutti
Medley
Chromatic scale
Interpretation
46. Ability to determine the pitch of a note as it relates to the notes that precede and follow it.
Relative pitch
Natural
Leading note
Pitch
47. A tempo having slow movement; restful at ease.
Pitch
Refrain
Flat
Adagio
48. A system of notation for stringed instruments. The notes are indicated by the finger positions.
Tablature
Tempo
Encore
Pentatonic Scale
49. A portion of the range of the instrument or voice.
Gavotte
Register
Mezzo
Recitative
50. A form of music written for marching in two-step time. Originally the march was used for military processions.
Mezzo
March
Musette
Oratorio